Academic Papers
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Dodecahedral Faces of the Mathieu group of degree 12
Dodecahedral Faces of M12 by Ann Luers This paper constitutes part of my honors thesis written in spring 1997 at the USNA, advisor Assoc Prof. David Joyner. Groups are objects in mathematics that measure symmetry in nature. A group is a set with a binary operation that has an inverse, an identity and is associative. For example, a clock has 12-fold symmetry. A more unusual group is a sporadic, ...
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